Wienhues, Giulia; Lami, Andrea; Bernasconi, Stefano M; Vogel, Hendrik; Grosjean, Martin (2025): Biogenic silica, carbon, and nitrogen analyses of sediment core LVC18_S1 from Lake Victoria, Eastern Africa [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.979846 (DOI registration in progress), In: Wienhues, G et al. (2025): Biogeochemical sediment core data (LVC18-S1, LVC18-S2, LVC18-S3 and LVC18-S4) from Lake Victoria, Eastern Africa [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.979973 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-03-31
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Wienhues, Giulia; Lami, Andrea; Bernasconi, Stefano M; Jaggi, Madalina; Morlock, Marina A; Vogel, Hendrik; Cohen, Andrew S; Courtney Mustaphi, Colin J; Heiri, Oliver; King, Leighton; Kishe, Mary A; Misra, Pavani; Muschick, Moritz; Ngoepe, Nare; Matthews, Blake; Seehausen, Ole; Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuen; Tinner, Willy; Grosjean, Martin (2024): Latest Pleistocene and Holocene primary producer communities and hydroclimate in Lake Victoria, eastern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 330, 108599, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108599
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Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuen; Gobet, Erika; Vannière, Boris; van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N; Wienhues, Giulia; Szidat, Sönke; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J; Kishe, Mary; Muschick, Moritz; Seehausen, Ole; Grosjean, Martin; Tinner, Willy (2023): A chronologically reliable record of 17,000 years of biomass burning in the Lake Victoria area. Quaternary Science Reviews, 301, 107915, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107915
Wienhues, Giulia; Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuen; Vogel, Hendrik; Morlock, Marina A; Cohen, Andrew S; Anselmetti, Flavio S; Bernasconi, Stefano M; Jaggi, Madalina; Tylmann, Wojciech; Kishe, Mary A; King, Leighton; Ngoepe, Nare; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J; Muschick, Moritz; Matthews, Blake; Mwaiko, Salome; Seehausen, Ole; Tinner, Willy; Grosjean, Martin (2024): From desiccation to wetlands and outflow: Rapid re-filling of Lake Victoria during the Latest Pleistocene 14–13 ka. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(3), 102246, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.102246
Funding:
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), grant/award no. CRSII5_183566: 20,000 years of evolution and ecosystem dynamics in the world's largest tropical lake reconstructed from sediment cores, fossils and ancient DNA
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Latitude: -1.116317 * Longitude: 33.913517
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Core section label | Sec label | Wienhues, Giulia | |||
| 2 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Wienhues, Giulia | Depth master | |
| 3 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Wienhues, Giulia | Depth master | |
| 4 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Wienhues, Giulia | Geocode – cal ka BP | |
| 5 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Wienhues, Giulia | |||
| 6 | Water content, wet mass | Water wm | % | Wienhues, Giulia | ||
| 7 | Density, dry bulk | DBD | g/cm3 | Wienhues, Giulia | ||
| 8 | Biogenic silica | bSiO2 | % | Wienhues, Giulia | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer, Agilent 7700X | g/g (=%) |
| 9 | δ13C | δ13C | ‰ PDB | Wienhues, Giulia | Element analyzer, ThermoFisher, Flash-EA 1112 coupled with a Conflo IV interface to a isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), ThermoFisher, Delta V | corrected, vs. VPDB |
| 10 | δ15N | δ15N | ‰ air | Wienhues, Giulia | Element analyzer, ThermoFisher, Flash-EA 1112 coupled with a Conflo IV interface to a isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), ThermoFisher, Delta V | corrected |
| 11 | Carbon | C | % | Wienhues, Giulia | ||
| 12 | Nitrogen | N | % | Wienhues, Giulia | ||
| 13 | Carbon/Nitrogen ratio | C/N | Wienhues, Giulia | Calculated |
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